Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
‘An entire society now a graveyard’
US bombs are responsible for the decimation of Gaza. Biden could still stop it. Instead he’s extended aid, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
FACING ANNIHILATION: Palestinians line up to receive the little UNRWA aid that trickles through in Nusairat refugee camp, Gaza, on November 5, 2024
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
“ACROSS northern Gaza there is no way of telling where the destruction starts or ends. No matter from what direction you enter Gaza City, homes, hospitals, schools, health clinics, mosques, apartments, restaurants — all completely flattened. An entire society now a graveyard.”
Those were the words posted by eye witness Louise Wateridge accompanying her November 6 video as she drove through a desecrated landscape of sand and rubble.
Wateridge works for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the vital UN agency that provides aid to now desperate Palestinians as they seek to escape complete erasure from the genocidal forces of the Israeli government.
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